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No. 6|2,-844. Patented Oct. 25, I898.. A. HEADLY.

BROOM HOLDER.

(Application filed July 6, 1897,) (N0 Model.)

I mum l n' 'lm A mumml UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANGUS IIEADLY, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALF TO SEARS CONDIT, OF SAME PLACE.

BROOM-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,844, dated October 25, 1898.

Application filed July 6, 1.897. Serial No.- 643,6'79. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANGUS HEADLY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a cerfain new and useful Improvement in Broom- Holders, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for suspending articles of household use against the walls or doors in preference to setting them upon the floor.

The object of my invention is to produce an implement of domestic utility adapted to be secured in desirable positions in or about the residence and capable of supporting Various articles to which it may be suitedsuch as umbrellas, canes, and similar contrivances-though primarily its best use is as a broom-holder.

A more specific description of my improved invention will be obtained through reference to the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a View in perspective. Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

Similar letters of reference identify corresponding features throughout the views, referring to which- A forms the base, of wood or other material, which may be in color and design toharmonize with the surroundings. The outer face of said base is provided with a longitudinal semicircular depression B or groove fitted to receive the correspondingly-formed clamp O, struck up from spring metal and over and within which the receiver D is securely seated, the assembled device being firmly united by the binding-screw E.

To vary the capacity of the holder, both plates are formed longitudinally with divergent sides, the wider portion or ends being the farthest from the floor, as in Figs. 2 and 4.

To strengthen the receiving-piece D, I reflex the sides of the metal as at F, Fig. 3,

the extreme edge G being so arranged as to almost meet the edge H of the clamp C, which is really an auxiliary to the receiver D and while reinforcing the latter will not permit it to be bent outwardly beyond its quality of resistance, as in such an instance the edge H of the clamp abuts against the adjacent edge G of the reflex border F of said receiver D, and thus preserves the springy quality of the latter.

WVhile I am aware that devices somewhat analogous to this my invention are subjects of record, I have no knowledge of any holder construction of two independent bodies the outer contributing to the elasticity of the inner, as in the instance previously described,

and while I have exhibited the preferred method of construction I do not desire to be confined to the strict interpretation thereof as herein set forth, but may employ such equivalents therefor as would come within the fair scope and spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States and claim A holder comprising a base portion having a longitudinal groove therein, a clamp having divergent sides with flaring edges the back portion of which lies in said groove, a receiver having a corresponding shape and lying within and conforming to the walls of the said clamp, said receiver having its edges extended beyond the edges of the clamp and bent back to lie close thereto, and means to secure said parts together "and fasten the holder to the wall or other support, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my.

name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 29th day Witnesses:

SEARS CONDIT, HARRY VAN IDERSTINE. 

